Effects of exposure to copper and malathion on metallothionein levels and acetylcholinesterase activity of the mussel Mytilus edulis and the clam Macoma balthica from the Northern Baltic Sea

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-496

  Lehtonen, K K ^a   Leinio S ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COPPER; MALATHION; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIVALVE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; COPPER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; METALLOTHIONEIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0041972478     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-8853-6     Document Type: Article

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